Coach Smith: you are 100% correct about udders and bag balm. Except, udders get many substances worse than Bag Balm smeared on them (I won't be indelicate here, but remember cows lie down where it ain't always only clover). Udders are washed, scrubbed, sanitized before milking. If you think the IRS has lots of verbiage you should see what dairy industry standards are like! And (any current dairy farmers on Lactnet?) I doubt BB is "legal" for dairy use on teats. It could easily impart an off flavor to the milk (besides contaminents). Bag Balm is great for chapped *hands* and wind burned *cheeks* from cold weather. BTW: I was in a local drugstore yesterday and was surprised (appalled, actually) to find bulb pumps, rubber nipple shields and four kinds of nipple creams (not to mention a product for stretch marks). Was I in a time warp or what? (Brick wall, here comes my head again...) Margery Wilson, IBCLC former dairy goat farmer